RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [after 99], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSMAXAVG [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust r., rosette-diadem, cuir.
REVERSE	CONSTANTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; four standards. CONS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE. RIC lists this type in "Addenda and Corrigenda" as CONSTANTINOPLE 99A (p. 718-19). Note unusual bust type: E8, but cuir. only. However, specimen described by Bruun is known only from Efrem Pegan's collection of casts and has obv. legend CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG (break I-N). In case of gold and silver coins different legend break makes sometimes a separate number in RIC VII. See also: Lars Ramskold, "The silver emissions of Constantine I from Constantinopolis, and the celebration of the millennium of Byzantion in 333/334 CE", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 2016, vol. 68, pp. 145-198. Coin should be listed after CONSTANTINOPLE 99.

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Miliarense. Weight 4.19 g; diameter 24 mm. Coin sold on Bank Leu auction 30 (lot 473) in April 1982 for CHF 5,000; sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 109 (lot 849) in May 2002 for EUR 1,700; sold on CNG Triton XIV (lot 837) in January 2011 for USD 8,500; sold on Roma Numismatics auction II (lot 771) in October 2011 for GBP 7,000.